Coat.



I. KAISER.

GOAT.

APPLICATION FILED 001?. 16, 1912.

1 ,05 9 ,542, Patented Apr. 22, 1913.

To a??? whom,-

mag/ 6077/6317??? Be it known that l, lsmoe l Liii s, citizen of the Uni-tool States or". America,

ing at 7 North A1121 st L, city 7. more, State of lvlsrylsncl, is in? teat certain iie'w anal use'l'i lof which the follm is so This invent-ion relates. co particularly to it cover or en-"vel lapel of a cost by mes-11s of which of the cost may be so changed 2:15 it from one general type tollnetl.

Owing to the Tool styles of mens apparel chaos; desirable by many people to u 11' ment for as many different occasions I sible. As the business and the or tuxedo are generally quite Slllllltii in out. and when both are msde of finish goods, which. is 110W generally for evening clothes and. can be as well used. as material for business suits. they apparently only as to the face oi tlie lapel, and in some styles of tuxeclos as to ill lapel and collar. In the tuxedo these eie covered. With heavy gTain silk, While with the busi ness coat, the collar and lapel of the same material as the rest of the gem With these facts in View the (lppllmllo f produced a business 0.1. {leek 11m resembling that usecl tor rli'ess garments having it long lapel and at single This closely resembles a style which. ofierecl to the public at the present Together with each suit the applicant pro vicles 2. cover or envelop tor the lapel which completely covers the front face oi the l ZllJGl and is adapted to lop over botli'ec es, so that one edge of the cover may be ftasteiieil on the inside of the coatencl the other on the unoler slcle of the lapel. To this end the edges of the cover or envelop are pr Vided with suitable fastening means and the inside of the coat adjacent the lapel and the under side of the lapel erepi'oviclecl with cooperating fastening means.

As has been suggestecl,-tl1e styles of col lars used on tuxeclos anal dress costs vary to a considerable extent and if it is desired instead of an envelop for each lapel, there may be provided a single piece scleptecl envelop the entire collar and tooth lepels,

In the: accompanying drawings 1 illustrated eeoet, to which lapel cc V i l "w. linpioyements Ill ties to cg. to convex in fumble.

1- 1211" ll} zlfiCOIPClttlle? I l5? r ms oimy "QIllflU-ll, are applied.

1 an i on oi" it cost sliowlepeli, the lipside he qoel leeto SllQW tlle unite?- a v me ts. its shown, it single button and be i j' ls it in 1 are inclo n envelog i or lapel CO the left in 1 being l top folded away from t- 'rposes of illustration. The have stated covers the face viclecl with edge which take overs clge flaps 6 hav- 8 wlllfill coinemoeis 9 on toe under i A .b

e inner 1 3 fold of the lsgel and again lace oi' the bent tlzlp at its edge lsstemng' aerate with Sllllllill fss- 5 lo the inner face oi" the lie cost: Thus the lapel is sloped within the sill; cover, that the cover is detachable, is

*' lien properly completel e and the not apparent, for the cost, w

(l and worn as intended hangs norclose Ll even .Yl'lt*fi 'silbuttonecl, the lid It being turned out for i n, the leftlisncl lisp members, which are in the hooks on the cover, are completely hidden when the cost is were even when the cover removed, for tl fastening means 8 tool 9 e with each of the cliffs? -11 elevation of it will also be apparent sill: eyelets on the coat and metal fasteners 10 ere.

be easily understood. The fasteners 10 at the inner edge of the cover are first engaged with those on the inside of the corresponding front flap of the coat. The silk cover is then folded back over the lapel, the lapel.

point 11 being inserted in-the cover pocket 12 and the edge flap 6 folded over the edge and up against the inner face of the lapel. The hooks 8 are then engaged with the eyes 9, and the upper and lower edges of the pocket, drawn tight over the lapel, are either allowed to rest unfastened or are fastened by any suitable invisible means. i

The. device shown in "Fig. 2 is similar to that of Fig. 1 except that the two lapel covers are joined by a collar band 13 forming a single cover 14 consisting of the band 13 connecting lapel covers 15 and 16 attached at 17 on the inner face of the front flap of the coat, and means similar to those numbered 8 and 9 in Fig. 1 on the outer edge flap of the lapel cover. I

While I have referred to the cover as of silk, I desire to have it understood that it may be of any facing material, and that other details may be widely varied Within coat into a dinner coat or tuxedo, consist-- ing of a separate removable envelop or cover for each lapel of facing material to cover the front of the lapel and havingan outer edge flap adapted to fold over the outer edge of the lapel, and means for fastening the same beneath the lapel to its lower, face. the inner edge of the cover being adapted to fold over the inner edge of the lapel, and means for temporarily fasteningthe same to the inner face of the front flap of the coat inside the coat the Whole cover being free to be removed when not thus fastened.

Signed by me at' Baltimore, Maryland, this 15th day of October, 1912.

' 1 ISIDQE KAISER.

Witnesses:

EDWARD L. BASH, EDWIN F. SAMUELS. 

